Altered Playing Card challenge - week 5

This week Claudine's focus is on muted backgrounds; specifically, acrylic paints and collage.

 Muted acrylics
Claudine Helmuth Studio Paint (Altered Orange, Yellow Pastel, Dab of Yellow); Rays Layering Stencil; Jet Black Archival Ink; distress inks; clear embossing powder; American Art Stamp EM7107G 'Sunshine'; Sakura white gelly roll pen; Black Micron pen; Sizzix Ticket Strip die; snippet of paper tape

Collage
scraps of decorative cardstock; Potting Soil, Jet Black Archival Inks; Glue 'n Seal; Rubber Stamp Tapestry 'Sand Dollar & Starfish Border AQU00003'; distress paints; vintage photo*; Sizzix Primitive Hearts die; Marvy heart thumb punch; Hero Arts alphabets; Stampers Anonymous 'Playful Journey' text stamp

*  This is a photo of my in-laws taken in 1934 at Jones Beach, Long Island, New York.